2013 Mercedes-Benz E350 problems
Owners have filed 218 complaints with NHTSA about the 2013 Mercedes-Benz E350. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. After that come brakes (15%) and body & structure (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 218 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 29 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 26 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 47,000 miles 90 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 18 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 19 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 23 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 90 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 47,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 29 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 26 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Mercedes-Benz E350 with enough data (74 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owned a 2013 mercedes-benz e350. While driving into the garage at a low speed, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated and crashed into the garage door. The front driver side and foot air bags deployed. A police report was not filed. The driver suffered minor bruises to arm, chest, and neck. Also, suffered severe pain to chest wall. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 13,043. ...updated 04/19/16
While parallel parking in front of a small restaurant in a large north texas city the vehicle quickly accelerated backwards at a high speed backwards, climbing over a sidewalk curb an then climbed over a nearly 3 foot high retaining wall. The rear end of the car rested on top of the retaining wall. If the retaining wall between the side walk and the restaurant had not stopped the vehicle it would have likely continued to pick up speed and gone through the restaurant.
1: The accelerator was sticking and i could not get the car to stop even when i was pressing on the brakes . Unfortunately, due to this scary event i hit the car in front of me injuring the the gentleman. the vehicle has not been inspected by the insurance as it was a total loss withn damages more than 14k
I was told my battery did not pass medtronics testing during scheduled maintenance service but I chose not to replace battery at that time, exactly 1 week later my car does not start while out running errands. I try to jump start vehicle and still unable to start it...I have it towed to the dealership it was at 1 week prior. They replace battery at $425 then tell me that my car still won't start.
Failed cam selenoid triggered check engine light. Throwing codes because oil has traveled into the wire harness. Body/wire harness replacement as well as affected 02 sensors from oil saturation